1.3.1+APPLE+-+RTO+Guide+for+Installation

The project team developed content this site by sharing their experiences and uploading materials. Please continue to add resources you feel are useful.

__**Our Project installation of Mahara:**__ Access the project e-portfolio site here

Micro Manual for Administrators



__**Installation Links:**__ Access the Mahara website

Here is the Mahara.org demo site

Mahara.org installation instructions. Remember that for the purpose of this project (and beyond) Learning Options is providing the free hosting environment for APTS members and you do not need to undertake individual installation at this stage. Alternatively, use the hosted site with a trial group of students and then refer your IT support to this resource bank.

=Moodle/Mahara Integration= ===**The integration between Moodle and Mahara has been affectionately named "Mahoodle". It allows true single-signon between both systems - no password sharing required, and users' profile information is ported across.** The best up to date instructions and screenshots are available in the mahoodle-updated-en.odp and mahoodle-updated-en.pdf files attached to this wiki page. You should also read the original Mahoodle.pdf file to get more detailed explanations about the whole process.===

__**Software requirements:**__ Mahara is designed to run on variants of the popular LAMP stack. Apart from the PHP requirement, all other parts can be swapped for alternatives if necessary. However, the **recommended** platform is:
 * OS: **Linux** - Debian Etch or later, and Ubuntu Hardy or later, are the distributions that the core developers use, and so Mahara is best tested there.
 * Web Server: **Apache** - 1.3 or greater
 * Database Server: **PostgreSQL** - 8.1 or greater
 * Language: **PHP** - 5.2 or greater

__**Additional Resources and information sources:**__ Flexible Learning Framework has a central point for E-Portfolio's here.


 * 1) Access Alison Miller's details. Alison is the national e-portfolio Business Manager. She conducted a great overview session for the project team in a virtual classroom environment when we were kickstarting the project.
 * 2) Download Privacy brochures
 * 3) Access draft privacy guidelines

Previous project summaries of e-Portfolio projects are here.

This document was a handy one page flyer to give to students on enrolment. Feel free to modify and use as you need:



Brochure for students Brochure for teachers & trainers Brochure for CEO and Managers Brochure for IT & Teaching support staff Brochure for employers, professional bodies and career services Brochure for employees

**E-portfolios for RPL Assessment** This report is an environmental scan of the way e-portfolios are being used to support the RPL (Recognition of Prior Learning) in VET and includes case studies of the use of e-portfolios for RPL.
 * E-portfolios for RPL Assessment [PDF]

__**Using Mahara:**__

MAHARA USER GUIDE

=Mahara 1.2 E-Portfolios: Beginner's Guide [Paperback] = [|Derrin Michael Kent] (Author), [|Glenys Gillian Bradbury] (Author), [|Margaret Anne Kent] (Author), [|Richard William Hand] (Author)

Thinking of going further - try Gahoodle

EDNA collection of e-portfolio resources

Blocks Cheat Sheet by Synergy learning